1999 Cricket World Cup
The 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, also branded as England '99, was the seventh edition of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council. It was hosted primarily by England, with selected matches also played in Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands. The tournament was won by Australia, who beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's in London.
The tournament was hosted three years after the previous Cricket World Cup, deviating from the usual four-year gap.
Format
It featured 12 teams, playing a total of 42 matches. In the group stage, the teams were divided into two groups of six; each team played all the others in their group once. The top three teams from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept for the 1999 World Cup; each team carried forward the points from the games against the other qualifiers from their group and then played each of the qualifiers from the other group. The top four teams in the Super Sixes advanced to the semi-finals.Qualification
The 1999 World Cup featured 12 teams, which was the same as the previous edition in 1996. The hosts England and the eight other test nations earned automatic qualification to the World Cup. The remaining three spots were decided at the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia.22 nations competed in the 1997 edition of the ICC Trophy. After going through two group stages, the semi-finals saw Kenya and Bangladesh qualify through to the World Cup. Scotland would be the third nation to qualify as they defeated Ireland in the third-place playoff.
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearances | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Group |
| Hosts | 7th | 1996 | Runners-up | A | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | B | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | A | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Semi-finals | B | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | B | |
| Full member | 3rd | 1996 | Semi-finals | A | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | A | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | B | |
| Full member | 5th | 1996 | Group stage | A | |
| 1997 ICC Trophy winner | 1st | — | Debut | B | |
| 1997 ICC Trophy runner-up | 2nd | 1996 | Group stage | A | |
| 1997 ICC Trophy third place | 1st | — | Debut | B |
Venues
Outside England
Scotland played two of their Group B matches in their home country becoming the first associate nation to host games in a World Cup. One Group B match was played in Wales and Ireland respectively, while one Group A match was played in the Netherlands.Group stage
Pool A
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Pool B
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Super Six
Teams who qualified for the Super Six stage only played against the teams from the other group; results against the other teams from the same group were carried forward to this stage. Results against the non-qualifying teams were therefore discarded at this point.As a result of League match losses against New Zealand and Pakistan, even though Australia finished second in their group, they progressed to the Super Six stage with no points carried forward. India faced similar circumstances, finishing 2nd in their group but carrying forward 0 points after losing to fellow qualifiers Zimbabwe and South Africa.
During their super six clash, Pakistan and India were officially at war at the time of their match, the only time this has ever happened in the history of the sport.
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Semi-finals
- Australia progressed to the final because they finished higher in the Super Six table than South Africa due to having won their head to head Super Six match.
Statistics
| Runs | Player | Country |
| 461 | Rahul Dravid | |
| 398 | Steve Waugh | |
| 379 | Sourav Ganguly | |
| 375 | Mark Waugh | |
| 368 | Saeed Anwar |
| Wickets | Player | Country |
| 20 | Geoff Allott | |
| 20 | Shane Warne | |
| 18 | Glenn McGrath | |
| 17 | Lance Klusener | |
| 17 | Saqlain Mushtaq |